Global Patent Index - EP 2116171 A4

EP 2116171 A4 20130403 - CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

Title (en)

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

Title (de)

KAPSEL-ENDOSKOPSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME D'ENDOSCOPE CAPSULAIRE

Publication

EP 2116171 A4 20130403 (EN)

Application

EP 08711921 A 20080225

Priority

  • JP 2008053186 W 20080225
  • JP 2007046012 A 20070226

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2116171A1] An object of the present invention is to uniformly manage information about capsule endoscopes with a central server, acquire error information about the capsule endoscopes from the central server, and quickly deal with an error of the capsule endoscopes. A capsule endoscope system (10) according to the present invention includes a receiving device (3) that receives in-vivo images captured by a capsule endoscope (2) and a workstation (4) that acquires through the receiving device (3) the capsule ID of the capsule endoscope (2) and the in-vivo images captured by the capsule endoscope (2) and displays the in-vivo images thus acquired. The workstation (4) is connected to a central server (7) that uniformly manages information about the capsule endoscopes, notifies the central server (7) the capsule ID, acquires information about the capsule endoscope (2) from the central server (7), and performs a warning process about the capsule endoscope (2) according to the acquired information.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 1/0005 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/00055 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/00059 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/00062 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/041 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/045 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01 - EP US); G16H 30/20 (2017.12 - EP US); G16H 40/63 (2017.12 - EP US); A61B 2560/0271 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2560/0276 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Citation (examination)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2116171 A1 20091111; EP 2116171 A4 20130403; JP 5437059 B2 20140312; JP WO2008105369 A1 20100603; US 2009312601 A1 20091217; US 8382658 B2 20130226; WO 2008105369 A1 20080904

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08711921 A 20080225; JP 2008053186 W 20080225; JP 2009501228 A 20080225; US 54609309 A 20090824